Month: June 2017

Government is now awaiting the recommendations of two independent agencies that are in the process of reviewing ExxonMobil’s production licence applications to make a decision on the way forward. Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman told Guyana Times International on Monday that the US oil giant had submitted its application in December 2016 and was now awaiting approval. He explained that the process was a very rigid one that was aimed at guaranteeing that Guyana got the best deal. He explained that one team was hired to review the environmental aspect…

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A three-vehicle smashup that occurred at about 07:30h on Monday at the corner of Camp and Middle Streets, Georgetown has resulted in the deaths of 45-year-old businessman Derek Mangal and his beloved “towa towa” bird. According to eyewitnesses, white Toyota Allion motor car PPP 3751 was proceeding west along Middle Street when its young female driver reportedly failed to adhere to the traffic lights and thus collided with Toyota Raum PPP 9843, heading in a northerly direction along Camp Street. The impact caused the Raum, driven by a 26-year-old male,…

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A taxi driver of Duncan Street, Campbellville, Georgetown who was on Independence Day busted with three guns, matching ammunition and a quantity of cocaine when Police descended on his home following a report of domestic violence, was on Tuesday morning remanded to prison by City Magistrate Annette Singh. Trevor Rodriguez, 32, was charged with having in his possession 11.363 kilos of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking; one 9mm pistol, a Glock 9mm pistol and a .357 Taurus Magnum revolver along with matching rounds in his possession without being the…

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…despite border controversy The Guyana Government has given all assurances that it will assist neighbouring Venezuela with its current internal crisis, although that country has not officially approached Guyana for help. Vice President and Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge said in a statement on Monday that the two Governments routinely utilised direct diplomatic channels to communicate. However, based on the statements made by the country’s Ambassador to Guyana, Reina Diaz, during a recent press conference in Georgetown, Greenidge said he felt the need to reach out. “Guyana, as a matter…

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…on way to guest house from airport A Haitian national on Wednesday last abandoned his two children, shortly after arriving in Guyana. Police are currently on the lookout for Jacques Village, of Morisot Province, Haiti, who was last seen on the run in Eccles, East Bank Demerara. Guyana Times International understands that after disembarking a COPA Airlines flight at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Wednesday last, Village abandoned his two children in a minibus which was destined for Georgetown. Reports revealed that the driver of the minibus was…

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– after fleeing food crisis and entering Guyana illegally Three remorseful women who were driven from their home country of Venezuela in light of the ongoing economic crisis and came to Guyana in hopes of providing for their ailing families were on Wednesday morning charged and fined by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for entering the country illegally. Gilda Barreto, Geamary Salsedo and Jovanna Vilero, who entered the compound of the Georgetown Magistrates Courts with heavy luggage in tow, were alleged to have entered the country by sea and disembarked without…

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Some two months after President David Granger established a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the discovery of a private vessel suspected to be used for narcotics trafficking purposes in Guyana’s waters, the probe has been completed and the report handed over to Government on Wednesday. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon received the document from the Commissioners of the CoI, which was set on March 31, “to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the entry into, the interception, detention and subsequent release of an unnamed private maritime vessel in the sea space…

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The lifeless and muddied body of a pensioner was on Tuesday afternoon found pinned under a tractor at a ranch in New Forest, East Canje, Berbice. The dead man has been identified as 64-year-old Hackim Khan of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice. Based on reports received, the man’s body was discovered at about 14:30h on Tuesday by persons who were traversing the area. While information about the unfortunate incident was not forthcoming, this publication was told the man left his home at about 08:00h to visit a friend’s farm to check…

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